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July 2008 (Vol. 26, Issue 16)

Your Practice / Business
A High-Yield Investment
Ronald Feise, DC

Sports / Exercise / Fitness
Caffeine and Athletic Performance
G. Douglas Andersen, DC, DACBSP, CCN

Your Practice / Business
An Ounce of Prevention
Lisa Bilodeau, CA

News / Profession
Corporate Donations to FCP Continue
Editorial Staff

Your Practice / Business
The Risks and Rewards of the Doctor-Patient Relationship
Marc Heller, DC

Chronic / Acute Conditions
Identifying First-Rib Fixation Syndrome: Thinking Outside the Box
Perry Nickelston, DC, FMS, SFMA

Your Practice / Business
Is There Extra Income Right Under Your Nose?
Tom Necela, DC

Chiropractic (General)
Looking Back: 1998
Editorial Staff

Chiropractic (General)
Looking Forward to the Future of Chiropractic
Gerard Clum, DC

Health & Wellness / Lifestyle
Chiropractic and the Medical Referral System
Do We Take What We Can Get?
Nancy Martin-Molina, DC, QME, MBA, CCSP

Chiropractic (General)
News in Brief
Editorial Staff

News / Profession
N.J. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Extraspinal Adjusting
Court rules it is within scope of practice if there is a nexus to the spine.
Kathryn Feather

Health & Wellness / Lifestyle
Palmer, Freud and the Postural Unconscious
Mark S. Chiacchi, DC

Pennsylvania DC Making Run for State Senate
Editorial Staff

Chiropractic (General)
It's About Time
AAMC Finally Addresses "Industry Funding of Medical Education"
Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)

Your Practice / Business
Beyond Charisma: 10 Tips for Building Patient Loyalty
Shelley Simon, RN, DC, MPH, EdD

Chiropractic (General)
Think You're a Chiropractic "Physician"? Not According to the American Medical Association
Resolution 232 advocates making it a felony to use the title if you are not an MD or DO.
Kathryn Feather

Trending
Carpal Tunnel / Extremities / Neuropathy
Unlock Relief: Nerve Flossing for CTS
Unlock Relief: Nerve Flossing for CTS

It is estimated that 61% of patients with CTS avoid taking surgical options due to postoperative complications and costly surgical procedures. Chiropractic care offers a comprehensive and effective treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome, addressing the condition from multiple angles. Recent studies also have unveiled a game-changing adjunct to chiropractic treatments for CTS: nerve flossing.

Charles Annunziata, DC, CFMP
Diagnosis & Diagnostic Equip
Dynamic Diagnosis: A Look at Romberg’s Test and Patient Safety
Dynamic Diagnosis: A Look at Romberg’s Test and Patient Safety

The Romberg test is a neurological procedure used to assess balance and can be used to gauge a patient’s risk of falling. Unfortunately, the test itself is a fall risk. The fall risk is not huge, and falls are not frequent. However, I have encountered a few situations that have influenced how I use and teach the test.

K. Jeffrey Miller, DC, MBA
News / Profession
A Chiropractic Therapist Profession in the United States?
A Chiropractic Therapist Profession in the United States?

Sadly, Japan now has over 12,000 chiropractic therapists (Zenkenkai/JCA chiropractors), dramatically outnumbering the fewer than 700 DCs who have graduated from accredited chiropractic educational programs. These chiropractic therapists have a clear economic and political advantage that makes appropriate chiropractic legislation nearly impossible. What if this same thing happenened in the U.S.?

Donald Petersen Jr., BS, HCD(hc), FICC(h)